Acute Ischemic Stroke in a 41-year-old Female Secondary to Internal Carotid Artery Dissection: A Case Report

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Eduardo Nieves Paredes
Ana Gabriela Ayala Hernandez
Esmeralda Hernández Lerma
Lorena Marianne Villalobos Trejo
Santiago Sandoval Correa
Consuelo Alejandra Aguirre González
Diana Paola Cortés Silva
Lizeth Anahi Delgado Arteaga
Lydia Aguilar Dávila
Mariana Guadalupe Saucedo Varela
Yolanda García Aguilar
Mario Antonio Quiñonez Moreno

Abstract

Spontaneous carotid artery dissection is an important cause of ischemic stroke and is most common in young and middle-aged adult patients. Dissection occurs after tearing of the intima layer of the artery causes the formation of a thrombus (intramural), and it leads to thrombosis or embolism. The thrombosis or embolism, in turn, interrupts arterial circulation and, subsequently, induces infarction in the territory of the affected artery. The case of an ischemic vascular event involving the left cerebral hemisphere secondary to a spontaneous dissection of the left internal carotid artery is presented here.

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Nieves Paredes, E., Ayala Hernandez, A. G., Hernández Lerma, E., Villalobos Trejo, L. M., Sandoval Correa, S., Aguirre González, C. A., Cortés Silva, D. P., Delgado Arteaga, L. A., Aguilar Dávila, L., Saucedo Varela, M. G. ., García Aguilar , Y., & Quiñonez Moreno, M. A. (2024). Acute Ischemic Stroke in a 41-year-old Female Secondary to Internal Carotid Artery Dissection: A Case Report. International Journal of Medical Science and Clinical Research Studies, 4(02), 274–276. https://doi.org/10.47191/ijmscrs/v4-i02-19
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